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Bangladesh police probe crude bomb blast near Asian Development Bank building in Dhaka
A crude bomb exploded Friday night outside the Asian Development Bank building in Dhaka’s Agargaon area, police said.
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Bangladesh pushes pharmaceutical ties in meetings with Mexican companies
Bangladesh’s ambassador to Mexico, Mushfiqul Fazal Ansarey, visited Monterrey in Nuevo León to advance economic and commercial ties, according to the embassy.
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Bangladesh minorities fear pressures as Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) revives religious language proposal. Critics urge political leaders to avoid rhetoric that risks deepening communal division.
Bangladesh’s constitutional commitment to secularism is not a rejection of religion. It is a safeguard for all faiths, especially for minority communities that rely on the state’s neutrality for protection. The 15th Amendment restored this balance after decades in which religious identity was leveraged for political purposes. Undoing that step risks reintroducing majoritarian pressures that […]
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Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) vows to reintroduce Islamic phrase in Constitution
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed on Friday said his party would restore the constitutional phrase “absolute trust and faith in Almighty Allah” if returned to power.
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Bangladesh independence fighter says Hasina tarnished Bangabandhu’s legacy and betrayed his mission
Krishak Sramik Janata League President Bangabir Abdul Kader Siddique, a celebrated freedom fighter from Bangladesh’s War of Independence, on Friday launched a fierce attack on former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, accusing her of undermining the very values of the Liberation War.
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‘I chose to leave temporarily to prevent further escalation and loss of life,’ Hasina says. But in Bangladesh, opponents continue to brand her the ‘Butcher of Bengal’ for ordering the killing of civilians.
Bangladesh’s former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who is hiding out in India, is defending her 2024 exit from power as a necessary act to prevent bloodshed, even as a United Nations report attributes more than 1,400 deaths to the violent crackdown carried out under her watch. The UN assessment, based on hospital records and field […]
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Bangladesh’s Hasina denies crimes against humanity in BBC interview ahead of verdict
Former Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina, hiding out in India, has denied committing crimes against humanity as she faces a possible death sentence over last year’s student-led uprising that toppled her.
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What is yaba?
Yaba is a synthetic stimulant made from methamphetamine and caffeine that is widely trafficked and abused in parts of South and Southeast Asia. The small, colorful tablets are typically red or orange and are often stamped with logos. Users usually swallow the pills, although some crush and smoke them for a stronger effect. The drug […]
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Yaba haul of 100,000 pills recovered from car in Bangladesh
Police recovered 100,000 yaba pills from a car abandoned at a checkpoint in Chattogram, Bangladesh, on Thursday. Officers said the vehicle stopped on Mariner’s Road in the Kotwali area before the driver fled on foot. Police said the search of the car led to the discovery of 10 packets of yaba tablets, each containing 10,000 […]
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Awami League office in Gulistan set ablaze amid political tensions
A group of people set fire to the Awami League’s central office in Dhaka’s Gulistan area on Thursday, authorities said. Eyewitnesses reported that 10 to 15 individuals piled wood, cartons, and other materials on the building’s fourth floor before igniting them around 1:00pm. The office has been abandoned since August 5 last year, when crowds […]